Unvailing of New Studio

Finally I have my new studio together and have been able to work some this week.  The sign on my door was given to me by my son and granddaughter.   They purchased one for me and one for my husband when they were in Bali a few years ago.

This is part of the East Wall.  It holds one of my design walls.  The table to the left has one end for my pressing board and iron while my cutting mat covers the rest of the table.

This is the rest of the East Wall which holds a hutch that I re-purposed.  It holds my 3 in 1 printer. and other misc. equipment.

The South wall has my wide-format printer and sewing machine.  I am lucky enough to have a wonderful view of the lake from these windows. 

The rest of the South wall and the beginning of the East wall.  Behind those doors are baskets that hold my stash.  Well, part of it.

My very organized closet, at least for now.

The rest of the East wall.  It holds another design wall.  The neat stool you see against the wall was made for my husband and me for our 50th anniversary by our friend, Tom Hanewald.  Some how it got in my room and has never left.  We were suppose to share.   I have a very loving husband.

Just around the corner from the door is a book shelf unit we purchased at IKEA.  It holds my stash of threads, tools and files.  We plan on purchasing another one just like this to place again the South wall where I have my Wide Format  Printer.  That will give me a little more storage space.

The North Wall holds my peg board loaded with tools, etc.   The cutting table runs parallel to the design wall when I am creating.

But can be pushed up against the peg board when I am not.  this gives me so much more space in the center of my room.

This photo shows the floors better than the others.  We had tile floors in the downstairs but had some problem with cracking.   We decided to replace the tile with a laminated wood product.  Love it!

This is the peg board wall before the redo.  The yellow paint looks pale here but it was far from pale.  I do love bright colors but I find the blue to be so much more soothing.

I love how the studio has turned out and look forward to spending many days creating in it.

I am linking this post to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/  Nina host Off The Wall Friday.  Take a look there are lots of great blogs to view.

Clean Out is Done

Clean out and organizing of fabric begins.  I had sorted through about four or five of my fabric bins and realize I had only a small stack of fabric that I was taking out of my stash.  I was beginning to think that I wasn't being ruthless enough.

I realized that the bins I had been through were my favorite hand dyed fabrics.  As you can see in the trunk of my car I soon became ruthless.

A little of the mess as I cleaned the room out.

This is the wall that held my peg board and design wall.  Everything is down now including the baseboard.  This photo shows the room very bright yellow/green.  It's not quite that bright and I have enjoyed the color for about eight years.

I'm going a little more subdued.  A Sherwin Williams color titled Rain.  I have taken an old wooden hutch that was on my porch and painted it Riverway. Tomorrow new pulls and hinges will be added and the walls will be painted.  Next week new flooring.

Lots of work, thank goodness we have someone laying the flooring and painting.  We are both nearly worn out.  However, I can hardly wait to see the room go together.

Neatly folding color coordinated fabric in wire bins.  How neat is this?  I am really tired but wanted to get this posted.  I really had to miss a week. 

I'm linking this to post to Nina Marie Sayre's blog Off The Wall Friday   http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/
Lots of great blog post from fiber artist, take a look and see what's happening.

PS: painting finished today.  Quite a difference.